Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Silene caesia Sm. |
Bibliography | Fl. Graec. Prodr. [J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith] 1: 294 (1809) |
Native Range | s. Albania to w. Greece and East Aegean Is. |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 100-2600m |
Description | lower leaves obovate to orbiculate, petiolate, stem in upper part densely leafy, stem leaves small, bluish, lanceolate, acute, calyx green striped |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Oberna caesia (Sm.) Holub Silene caesia var. pindica Halácsy |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |